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Lucero

#1,515 in 2025Girls' name

Light source, bright star, morning star

Lucero has been given to 7,947 babies in the U.S. since 1961. In 2025 it ranked #1,515 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 334 recorded.

Babies named Lucero, 2025

1 in 23,500

Lucero over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lucero: meaning, origin, and history

Light source, bright star, morning star

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lucero means

Lucero means “light source, bright star, morning star”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,729 girls were recorded with the name Lucero between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 334 in 1994; its best national rank was #647 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,652 in 2020 to #1,515 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,820 in 2015 to #1,515 in 2025.

In the United States, 218 boys were recorded with the name Lucero between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1991; its best national rank was #3,063 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,299 in 2020 to #11,471 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Lucero?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 23,500
141 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 11,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,515
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,298 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lucero sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,298 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lucero. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Luceros were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lucero was born before 2003 — so the typical Lucero is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
34.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
56.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,729
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 34.1% of all recorded uses (2,635).

Is Lucero rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+156
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+137
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+305
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.23×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
42.2%
Peak was 1994 (334)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#647
1994

Where Lucero is used

Across 2016–2025, Lucero was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 5,263 girls, against 1 in 9,750 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

119 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 5,263
  2. 2Texas1 in 5,882
  3. 3Arizona1 in 6,667
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 10,000
  5. 5Washington1 in 12,500
  6. 6Florida1 in 16,667
  7. 7Georgia1 in 16,667
  8. 8Illinois1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Lucero around the world

Where Lucero ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1969–1969
    #731
    in 1969

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lucero

People whose public names include Lucero, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lucero by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,515
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 137
Best rank ever
#647
1994
Peak year
1994
334 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,729
Count in 2025
141

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,471
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,828
Best rank ever
#3,063
1991
Peak year
1991
21 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
218
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Lucero

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Lucero

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lucero, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Lucero

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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